What s Up With The Stock Market? EPISODE # 404 LESSON LEVEL Grades 9-12 KEY TOPICS Stock market Investing Stock research LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Understand what stocks are. 2. Identify investment strategies. 3. Learn how to read a stock ticker. 4. Learn financial terms. EPISODE SYNOPSIS The Biz Kid$ take us through the language of the stock market, as we meet several young investors. The fundamentals of purchasing and owning stock are explored, including how to research a stock and find a good value. Portfolio strategy is also introduced. NATIONAL STANDARDS CORRELATIONS Aligned to National Financial Literacy Standards from the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. Financial Responsibility and Decision Making Standard 1: Take responsibility for personal financial decisions. Standard 4: Make financial decisions by systematically considering alternatives and consequences. Planning and Money Management Standard 6: Develop a personal financial plan. Saving and Investing Standard 2: Explain how investing builds wealth and helps meet financial goals. Standard 3: Evaluate investment alternatives. Aligned to Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics from the Council for Economic Education. Standard 2: Decision Making Standard 14: Entrepreneurship Aligned to Common Core State Standards Initiative s standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects. Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. CONTENTS National Standards Correlations Lesson Prep & Screening Family Activity Sheet Biz Term$ Worksheet Curriculum Connections Activity Worksheets Biz Term$ Definitions Acknowledgements
LESSON PREP & SCREENING Getting Started Familiarize yourself with the episode ahead of time. It will serve as a springboard for student learning, discussions, vocabulary exploration, and hands-on activities. Determine what equipment is required to show the episode in your classroom and request it if needed. Choose an activity (each one takes between 45-60 minutes), and gather supplies. Students will need a pen or pencil and copies of the activity worksheets. Have fun! Screening Introduce the series and the episode. Explain that Biz Kid$ is a public television series that teaches kids about money and business. Mention that the bizkids.com website has lots of video clips, games, a blog, and other resources to help kids start businesses and learn about money. Prior to playing the episode, lead your students in a discussion with the preview questions on this page. page 2 About the Episode The Biz Kid$ take us through the language of the stock market, as we meet several young investors. The fundamentals of purchasing and owning stock are explored, including how to research a stock and find a good value. Portfolio strategy is also introduced. Episode Preview Questions Before you show this Biz Kid$ episode, lead your students in a brief discussion of the following questions: Have you wondered how the stock market works? What are some products you love and would like to support while making a profit? Would you like your money to work for you so that you can earn a million dollars? Next Steps Show this episode. After the episode, read the Summary and Conclusion to the class. Summary and Conclusion This episode explained what stocks are, and discussed how to understand financial information. Now that you know how to track the performance of a company s stock, and understand the benefits of investing while you re young, it s time to get out there and be a Biz Kid! Family Connection Distribute a copy of the Family Activity Sheet to each student to share what they ve learned with their families.
FAMILY ACTIVITY SHEET Episode Synopsis The Biz Kid$ take us through the language of the stock market, as we meet several young investors. The fundamentals of purchasing and owning stock are explored, including how to research a stock and find a good value. Portfolio strategy is also introduced. Activity Suggestions Your student has learned some important reasons for investing in the stock market while they are young. If you have any personal experience with investing, share that with your child and include details such as when you first began to invest, who helped you or gave you advice, and what the result was in terms of profits and losses. Together as a family, choose one stock to follow in the newspaper or online. Find out what the business of the company is, how it has performed over the past year, and what the share price is now. Discuss with your student whether or not you believe that is a good company to support and invest in. It is important to learn about and select an investment strategy before you start investing. With your student, go to the library or do research online to learn more about various strategies for investing. Help your student to select the best strategy for their circumstances and budget, and then help them to begin investing using that strategy. Time is one of the great benefits of starting to invest at a young age. Learn about Warren Buffet and John Bogle and compare their investment strategies. page 3
Activity #1: BIZ TERM$ WORKSHEET FOR STUDENTS Biz Term$ Diversify Economy Indexes Invest Investment strategy New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Portfolio Stock Stock market Wall Street Directions With students, read aloud the Biz Term$ and each question. Call on volunteers for answers, and have them explain why they chose the term they believe to be correct. Biz Term$ Episode Review 1. A scheme or plan for what stock to buy is an. 2. A collection of your financial assets is your. 3. Owning means owning a part of a company. 4. The contain a report of how companies are performing. 5. Investing to lower risk is done when you. 6. Stocks are traded openly at the on. 7. When you you make sure your stocks are not all from the same industry. page 4
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS Language Arts Have students construct sentences, write a paragraph, or create a story, skit, or dialog using Biz Term$. Have students create a class Dictionary of Financial Terms using Biz Term$. Have students start their own Journal of Personal Financial Education and continue to add to it. History/Social Studies Using the library or the internet, research the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). What year was it founded? How many companies participate today? What is the address for the NYSE? Mathematics If one share of stock sells for $10 today and the value increases by 5% each year, how long will it take for the value of the stock to double? Economics There are stock markets all over the world. Pick a country outside of the United States and find out more about their stock market. What is the name of their stock market? How many companies participate in it? How many shares of stock are traded in that market? What is the value of their stock market (you may have to convert to U.S. dollars in order to compare market values between the U.S. and other countries). Optional Vocabulary Extensions Make Art! Ask students to create personal illustrated glossaries using sketches or cartoons to visually represent the meaning of each Biz Term. Make It Personal! Provide students with dictionaries and ask students to re-write formal definitions for each Biz Term in their own words to demonstrate comprehension. page 5
Activity #2: OWN THAT COMPANY WORKSHEET FOR STUDENTS Lesson Level: Grades 9-12 Learning Objective: Understand what stocks are and identify investment strategies. Directions In this episode, the Biz Kid$ learned about stock purchases. The stock market is where you can buy one or more shares that represent ownership of the company that you are buying. 1. Before you purchase any stock, it s a good idea to decide on a strategy for how you want to handle your purchases. What do you think of when the word strategy is used? Can you describe one stock market strategy in your own words? 2. One strategy can be described as buy and hold, and this means that you will buy a stock and then just keep it forever. You want to buy one share of stock in your favorite company. What do you think you need to do in order to buy one share of stock? 3. Another strategy is to select only those stocks that pay a dividend. What is a dividend? Do you know how to find out if a company pays dividends on its stock? If you don t know, what will you do to find out? 4. When you are a shareholder (an owner of stock), you can vote on issues that affect that company. And you are allowed to attend meetings of shareholders. Would you vote, and would you go to these meetings if you become a shareholder? Why or why not? Have students discuss these ideas and share their answers with the class. page 6
Activity # 3: TICKER TALES WORKSHEET FOR STUDENTS Lesson Level: Grades 9-12 Learning Objective: Learn how to read a stock ticker. Directions A stock ticker tells you something about the current financial value of the companies that are listed on the ticker. Take a look at the ticker below, then answer the following questions. MSFT 46.09 + AAPL 99.62 + DIS 88.45 + SBUX 75.89 + TWTR 53.94-1. Each company has a symbol, which is a small set of letters that represent that company. Which companies do you think are listed on the ticker above? 2. For a short ticker, the most recent price of a share is listed next. Which company has the highest share price? The lowest? 3. Next is an arrow or a (+/-) symbol that tells you if the current share price is above or below the previous share price. Which companies have gone up in share price? 4. There are longer tickers that provide additional information, such as the number of shares traded and the previous share price. Why would these facts be helpful when making a purchase decision? Have students discuss these ideas and share their answers with the class. page 7
BIZ TERMS DEFINITIONS Diversify: When you make sure your stocks are not all from the same industry. Economy: The wealth and resources of a country. Indexes: Tools used by investors to describe the stock market and to compare the return on specific investments. Invest: An activity in which money is put at risk for the purpose of making a profit. Investment strategy: A plan for putting your money to use in a way that has the potential for it to grow in value. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): The world s largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Portfolio: A collection of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, and cash. Stock: Shares representing ownership of part of a company. Stock market: A place where stocks are bought and sold. Wall Street: The major financial center of the United States, located in New York City. page 8
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